SIMBAD references

J. Newton, T. Crowley, and T. Puckett report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag 18.3) on CCD images taken with a 0.40-m reflector at Portal, AZ, on May 8.27 UT in the course of the Puckett Observatory Supernova Search. The new object was confirmed at mag 18.2 by A. Sehgal on May 9.23 with 0.50-m reflector at Osoyoos, BC. SN 2006cd is located at R.A. = 16h05m22s.06, Decl. = +17o45'05".5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 5".6 west and 11".4 south of the center of IC 1179. Nothing is visible at this location on images taken by Puckett on 2005 Sept. 9 (limiting mag 19.7).